William Henry Venable

William Henry Venable (1836–1918) is represented in this archive by verse from Burton E. Stevenson's anthology Poems of American History (1908; revised 1922).

Poems of American History gathers verse on events from the Norse voyages to the Spanish-American War, arranged by historical chapter. The poems here are “John Filson”, “Johnny Appleseed”, “The Founders of Ohio”, “El Emplazado” and “Battle Cry” among others; Stevenson's editorial headnotes are not reproduced.